Shrimp Boils are a great southern tradition. In southeast like Georgia and the Carolinas, they call it a Low Country Boil.

With a gathering of family or a large group of friends, people will fire up a propane burner and a gigantic pot of seasoned water and literally throw in anything that is good to boil in water; onion, garlic, potatoes, corn on the cob, hot dogs, andouille sausage, whole artichokes, and many more

Cajun Shrimp Boil

that I just can’t even think of right now – oh yes and don’t forget the shrimp, crabs, and crawfish.

In our video, we have a much smaller scale for those of you that want a Cajun Shrimp Boil in your kitchen.

Serving suggestions would be to peel and eat our Cajun Boiled Shrimp and dip in our Cocktail Sauce recipe. Oh my goodness – we like it hot too!

Recipes from the Cajun Recipes at Cajun Cooking TV are easy and simple cooking.

Comments (6)

OMG this was heaven!!! It was absolutely the BEST boiled shrimp I ever had!!! The only thing I tweaked was since I had 5 lbs of head on shrimp, I used the Zatarain’s Complete just pour and boil seasoning (about 5 oz of pkg) and a tbsp and a half of liquid shrimp & crab boil. It totally rocked! We enjoyed it last night while watching LSU football.
My friends and I usually do boiled blue crabs here in NC but wanted something with a little less maintenance while we watched he game. I believe this tops my fav of boiled crabs now!!! Thanks soooo much for sharing your recipes! Living away from home, my friends and I not only get homesick, we get LA cuisine-sick! Lol
Btw, do you have good recipe for baked catfish?

You boil your shrimp 5 minutes? That’s way too long. I boil my head-on, shell-on jumbos less than that. If that photo is of the shrimp from this recipe, they are overcooked period. Plus they appear to be peeled and de-veined. Not really Cajun style. Sorry. I’ve lots of history living on the Gulf.

Hi there,
I’m from AZ and I have never actually had the real deal, but last year I heard about seafood boils and decided it would be a fun thing for entertaining. I used your recipe then, and I had to dig it up again this year because I was craving it so much! It is quite yummy and my husband really likes the heat element! A quick note, your video includes directions for the garlic, but your text instructions do not as far as I can see… thought you might want to know so you can add it. Thanks for the awesome food! see ya around!